Ezekiel 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.[1] This chapter contains a kinah or lamentation for the rulers of Israel.[2] Two princes are lamented, one captured and carried to Egypt, i.e. Jehoahaz, son and successor of Josiah (verses 1–4), and another carried to Babylon, who must be Jehoiachin (verses 5–9).[3]

Ezekiel 19
Book of Ezekiel 30:13–18 in an English manuscript from the early 13th century, MS. Bodl. Or. 62, fol. 59a. A Latin translation appears in the margins with further interlineations above the Hebrew.
BookBook of Ezekiel
Hebrew Bible partNevi'im
Order in the Hebrew part7
CategoryLatter Prophets
Christian Bible partOld Testament
Order in the Christian part26

Text

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The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 14 verses.

Textual witnesses

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Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).[4]

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B;  B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A;  A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q;  Q; 6th century).[5][a]

Verse 1

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Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel (KJV)[7]

Verse 4

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The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit,
and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.[10]

Verse 5

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Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost,
then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.[16]

Verse 9

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And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon:
they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.[20]

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Notes

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  1. ^ Ezekiel is missing from the extant Codex Sinaiticus.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
  2. ^ Jerusalem Bible (1966), heading at Ezekiel 19
  3. ^ Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Ezekiel 19, accessed 25 November 2019
  4. ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
  5. ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
  6. ^ Shepherd, Michael (2018). A Commentary on the Book of the Twelve: The Minor Prophets. Kregel Exegetical Library. Kregel Academic. p. 13. ISBN 978-0825444593.
  7. ^ Ezekiel 19:1
  8. ^ Brown, Briggs & Driver 1994 "קִינָה"
  9. ^ Gesenius 1979 "קִינָה"
  10. ^ Ezekiel 19:4
  11. ^ Jeremiah 22:11
  12. ^ 1 Chronicles 3:15
  13. ^ a b Edwin Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). ISBN 0-8254-3825-X, 9780825438257, 217.
  14. ^ a b c The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. pp. 1204-1205 Hebrew Bible. ISBN 978-0195288810
  15. ^ "Jehoahaz", Jewish Encyclopedia
  16. ^ Ezekiel 19:5
  17. ^ 2 Kings 23:31
  18. ^ 2 Kings 24:18
  19. ^ Genesis 49:9
  20. ^ Ezekiel 19:9
  21. ^ 2 Kings 24:17
  22. ^ 2 Kings 24:17–20
  23. ^ 2 Kings 25:6–7
  24. ^ 2 Chronicles 36:10–13,17,20
  25. ^ Jeremiah 1:1–3
  26. ^ "Zedekiah", Jewish Encyclopedia

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